CGES Catapults - lighthouse projects in devekopment
CGES is developing a portfolio of industrial-scale demonstrators – our “catapults” – to show how green energy carriers, CO₂ utilisation, sector coupling and seasonal storage can be implemented in various Swiss regions and scaled beyond Switzerland.
The projects are at different stages of maturity. Some details remain confidential, but together they show the concrete direction of CGES: moving from ecosystem-building to implementation.
Currently, we are involved in four concrete catapult projects across Switzerland.
Our catapults
Swiss Power-to-X project tracker
In collaboration with SPIN, the Swiss Power-to-X Collaborative Innovation Network, the Swiss Power-to-X project tracker was developed. A preliminary interactive P2X project map is available now below.
Resources
TAPIR Framework Report
This report introduces the Technology And Project Impact and Readiness (TAPIR) assessment framework, designed to evaluate demonstration project proposals addressing the climate and energy crises.
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